Through Proclamation No. 698, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the month of November as the Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month.
This proclamation makes known to the Filipino people that the government supports the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care in achieving the mandate of RA 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997 which was sponsored by then Senator Juan Flavier.
The Traditional and Alternative Medicines Act of 1997 aims to promote and be able to provide an array of affordable, accessible and effective traditional and complementary / alternative health care options for the Filipino people to choose from.
The objectives of this Act are to encourage scientific research on and develop traditional and alternative health care systems; and to promote and advocate the use of traditional, alternative, preventive and curative health care modalities. (PIA)
